Mrs. Alighieri's Blog for Social Media Literacy @ DSHS

Social media is here to stay. Social media can serve as an invaluable resource for communicating and obtaining information but, it can also be riddled with questionable and inaccurate content; sometimes with damaging consequences. This course will help students develop skills to become educated “consumers” of social media as well as responsible, active “participants” in social media.

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In my previous post I mentioned the site, Unsplash for pictures that you can download and use on your blogs! If you haven't used it yet, what are you waiting for?Canva is also another site that offers fairly easy to use tools to make online visual displays, infographics and posters.

Monday

Students will complete the course units in the order that they are listed under

the section named, "Course Units." Beginning with the Unit on Blogging, students will write and publish a blog post at the end of each unit (at a minimum).

Writing for a blog is a bit different than writing for a printed newspaper or a school essay. Students will be writing for a global audience so particular attention should be made to be sure that the content is relevant and interesting. Spelling and grammar are also both very important! Check out these guidelines on how to write interesting blog post titles and content.

I suggest that you develop/write your posts in a Google Doc and then paste into Blogger. If you decide to write directly into Blogger, be sure to save your work often.

Sunday

This course will focus on guiding students as they "build their personal brand" (Digital Footprint) on social media. It will also help them to develop skills and awareness as they search for useful (and credible) information from social media resources and, just as importantly, how to contribute meaningful content. All course material is accessible from this blog - see Course Units and Course Resources located to the right. Please see the About This Course page for more information on this course.Course Units:Each unit is comprised of activities that students must complete before moving on to the next unit. Most activities fall into one (or more) of the following categories: